#BB3BD5#BB3BD5

#BB3BD5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.238 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3BD5
RGB	rgb(187, 59, 213)
HSL	hsl(290, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(290, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 72.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 70.27, -54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 88.74, 322.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.1827 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.238 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0663, 18.4986, 64.7141)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3BD5 #55D53B

analogous

#6E3BD5 #BB3BD5 #D53BA2

triadic

#BB3BD5 #D5BB3B #3BD5BB

tetradic

#BB3BD5 #D56E3B #55D53B #3BA2D5

square

#BB3BD5 #D56E3B #55D53B #3BA2D5

split-complementary

#BB3BD5 #A2D53B #3BD56E

monochromatic

#6B1A7B #9725AE #BB3BD5 #CC6DE0 #DEA0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BB3BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BB3BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB3BD5

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB3BD5	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 59, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.238 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47de3',
    500: '#bb3bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3bd5;
$custom-light: #d47de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.87,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60069,
    "c": 0.23754,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3BD5

secondary

#A0D795

accent

#E8405C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3BD5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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